In the present paper, (a) I discuss the validity of the name Lacertus mabouya Lacepède, 1788 (currently placed in the genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826); (b) I designate a neotype for this West Indian species; and (c) I describe this neotype, which differs from Mabuya sloanii (Daudin, 1802) on several morphological characters. This work is a first step toward revising the neotropical members of the genus Mabuya.
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1 March 2005
THE IDENTITY OF LACERTUS MABOUYA LACEPÈDE, 1788, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEOTYPE: AN APPROACH TOWARD THE TAXONOMY OF NEW WORLD MABUYA
Aurelien Miralles
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Herpetologica
Vol. 61 • No. 1
March 2005
Vol. 61 • No. 1
March 2005
Lesser Antilles
Mabuya mabouya
Mabuya sloanii
Neotropical Scincidae
neotype
New description